Shrunken Head
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- Shrunken Heads: "No underage wizards allowed in today! Shut the damn door!"
- Hermione: "So rude."
- Ron: "Thick heads."
- — Hermione and Ron to the talking Shrunken Heads guarding Three Broomsticks Inn in 1993.[src]
In the Muggle world, a shrunken head is a Human head that has been originally used for ritual or trade and served as decoration for some ethnic groups, while in the wizarding world, they have the ability to talk and served as a guide in travelling (in the Knight Bus for example) and guards in a house or inn (for example is in Madam Rosmerta's Three Broomsticks Inn.)
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[edit] History
[edit] 1992
Harry Potter saw some shrunken heads while lost in Borgin and Burkes shop in Knockturn Alley.
[edit] 1993-1994
- Harry Potter encountered a shrunken head when travelling on the Knight Bus from Little Whinging to the Leaky Cauldron in London.
- Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger were prevented from entering Three Broomsticks Inn by three shrunken heads.
[edit] 1995
- When Harry Potter brought to 12 Grimmauld Place, Mrs. Weasley assisted him to Ron and Hermione's room upstairs. While they were passing along the dark staircase, Harry saw a row of shrunken heads mounted on plaques on the wall. After a closer look, he noticed that the heads belonged to house-elves.[1]
[edit] 1996
- Hermione once mentioned that Vincent Crabbe had a shrunken head which was confiscated by Argus Filch because no Dark objects are allowed in the school.[2]
[edit] Behind the scenes
- The shrunken heads were additional characters for the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and never appeared or were mentioned even in the previous Harry Potter novels. However, J. K. Rowling liked the idea.[3] She added it in her next novels, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix[1] and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince describing them as "dark objects".[2]
[edit] Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
[edit] Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Order of the Phoenix: Ch.4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Half-Blood Prince: Ch.11
- ↑ Prisoner of Azkaban - DVD Special Feature: Interview with J.K. Rowling and Alfonso Cuarón
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